FORD CITY — That giant flushing sound may be the rush of more than 150 jobs down the drain if a 90-year-old toilet making operation closes down in Armstrong County.

American Standard Brands says it will decide soon whether to close its Eljer toilet plant in Ford City and a distribution center in nearby Gilpin Township. The plant employs 142 and the distribution center has another 17 workers.

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh teacher nabbed in a heroin sting says she's thankful for her arrest and is now clean, though she expects to lose her job.Mary Steck, 51, was sentenced to six months of probation Wednesday in Allegheny County Court. If she completes probation, drug charges could be dropped. The suspended high school science teacher says she's been to rehab and is drug-free after five years.Steck's vehicle was stopped in May after a man got out and appeared to buy drugs.